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HOBSON

Hobson in the 1881 census

Top Counties

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Yorkshire

3324

0.1148

4.4259

Lancashire

1100

0.0317

1.2232

London

399

0.0137

0.5264

Cheshire

372

0.0577

2.2236

Staffordshire

356

0.0361

1.3916

Derbyshire

352

0.0770

2.9667

Lincolnshire

301

0.0644

2.4840

County Durham

298

0.0343

1.3217

Warwickshire

189

0.0257

0.9888

Surrey

161

0.0113

0.4360

Leicestershire

84

0.0259

0.9997

Kent

77

0.0077

0.2978

Worcestershire

61

0.0160

0.6164

Northumberland

49

0.0113

0.4346

Nottinghamshire

49

0.0124

0.4797

Lanarkshire

47

0.0050

0.1918

Northamptonshire

45

0.0164

0.6313

Essex

42

0.0073

0.2807

Hampshire

40

0.0067

0.2575

Caernarfonshire / Sir Gaernarfon

37

0.0313

1.2074

Shropshire

30

0.0119

0.4582

Sussex

27

0.0055

0.2113

Westmorland

27

0.0421

1.6211

Perthshire

26

0.0198

0.7644

Hertfordshire

26

0.0129

0.4977

Buckinghamshire

26

0.0147

0.5675

Gloucestershire

25

0.0044

0.1682

Cumberland

25

0.0099

0.3831

Cambridgeshire

22

0.0119

0.4583

Berkshire

19

0.0087

0.3340

Somerset

17

0.0036

0.1394

Edinburghshire (Midlothian)

13

0.0033

0.1280

Herefordshire

13

0.0109

0.4183

Suffolk

13

0.0037

0.1408

Devon

8

0.0013

0.0507

Bedfordshire

7

0.0046

0.1784

Isle of Man

7

0.0129

0.4974

Dorset

7

0.0037

0.1407

Fife

7

0.0040

0.1560

Royal Navy

6

0.0172

0.6644

Norfolk

5

0.0011

0.0429

Ayrshire

4

0.0018

0.0705

Selkirkshire

4

0.0151

0.5834

Dumfriesshire

4

0.0062

0.2389

Dunbartonshire

4

0.0051

0.1964

Channel Islands

3

0.0035

0.1336

Huntingdonshire

2

0.0034

0.1329

Anglesey / Sir Fon

2

0.0039

0.1489

Oxfordshire

2

0.0011

0.0427

Argyll

1

0.0012

0.0474

Flintshire / Sir Fflint

1

0.0013

0.0491

Denbighshire / Sir Ddinbych

1

0.0009

0.0349

Monmouthshire / Sir Fynwy

1

0.0005

0.0183

Renfrewshire

1

0.0004

0.0170

Top Parishes

Census District

County

Total

Frequency

Index

Sheffield

Yorkshire

236

0.2561

9.8707

Leeds

Yorkshire

236

0.1444

5.5652

Ecclesall Bierlow

Yorkshire

168

0.2853

10.9981

Brightside Bierlow

Yorkshire

158

0.2783

10.7267

Ecclesfield

Yorkshire

148

0.6973

26.8778

Honley

Yorkshire

118

2.3288

89.7680

Manchester

Lancashire

104

0.0667

2.5716

Birmingham

Warwickshire

98

0.0399

1.5385

Attercliffe Cum Darnall

Yorkshire

84

0.3115

12.0063

Stoke Upon Trent

Staffordshire

82

0.0784

3.0227

Hunslet

Yorkshire

78

0.1728

6.6607

Nether Hallam

Yorkshire

76

0.1940

7.4800

Barnsley

Yorkshire

76

0.2545

9.8111

Ashton Under Lyne

Lancashire

73

0.0964

3.7142

Salford

Lancashire

61

0.0598

2.3063

Handsworth

Yorkshire

56

0.7317

28.2073

Preston

Lancashire

56

0.0604

2.3275

Headingley Cum Burley

Yorkshire

52

0.2790

10.7565

Aston

Warwickshire

50

0.0246

0.9501

Kearsley

Lancashire

48

0.6581

25.3673

Top male forenames

John Hobson
William Hobson
George Hobson
Thomas Hobson
Joseph Hobson
James Hobson
Henry Hobson
Charles Hobson
Alfred Hobson
Arthur Hobson
Edward Hobson
Samuel Hobson
Robert Hobson
Walter Hobson
Albert Hobson
Frederick Hobson
Harry Hobson
Herbert Hobson
Fred Hobson
Benjamin Hobson
Richard Hobson
Edwin Hobson
Frank Hobson
Francis Hobson
Ernest Hobson
Tom Hobson
Thos. Hobson
Peter Hobson
Wm. Hobson
Matthew Hobson
Geo. Hobson
Jonathan Hobson
Joe Hobson
Willie Hobson
Joshua Hobson
Ralph Hobson
Percy Hobson
David Hobson
Michael Hobson
Chas. Hobson
Aaron Hobson
Edgar Hobson
Fredrick Hobson
Leonard Hobson
Sam Hobson
Harold Hobson
Jonas Hobson
Fredk. Hobson
Jesse Hobson
Mark Hobson

Top female forenames

Mary Hobson
Sarah Hobson
Elizabeth Hobson
Ann Hobson
Annie Hobson
Jane Hobson
Emma Hobson
Hannah Hobson
Alice Hobson
Eliza Hobson
Ellen Hobson
Emily Hobson
Martha Hobson
Harriet Hobson
Ada Hobson
Margaret Hobson
Edith Hobson
Clara Hobson
Florence Hobson
Maria Hobson
Louisa Hobson
Fanny Hobson
Charlotte Hobson
Lucy Hobson
Anne Hobson
Kate Hobson
Catherine Hobson
Frances Hobson
Isabella Hobson
Caroline Hobson
Susannah Hobson
Agnes Hobson
Harriett Hobson
Esther Hobson
Amelia Hobson
Ruth Hobson
Minnie Hobson
Eleanor Hobson
Lydia Hobson
Elizth. Hobson
Rose Hobson
Gertrude Hobson
Beatrice Hobson
Amy Hobson
Ethel Hobson
Matilda Hobson
Rachel Hobson
Rebecca Hobson
Susan Hobson
Sophia Hobson

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